In his New York Law Journal Blockchain Law column, Robert Schwinger discusses two recent California federal court rulings—'Terpin v. AT&T' and 'Fabian v. LeMahieu'—which indicate that the ability of negligence claims involving cryptocurrency thefts to survive dismissal at the pleading stage will turn on the plaintiff’s ability to adequately plead the elements of a negligence claim: duty, breach, causation and damages.

Robert A. Schwinger explores recent developments in this edition of his New York Law Journal Blockchain Law column.

Read the entire column, Redressing cryptocurrency losses through negligence claims.



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